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King Solomon Mines Co

Past Producer in Siskiyou county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Manganese
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103280
MRDS ID M023226
Record type Site
Current site name King Solomon Mines Co
Related records 10287308

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.1739, 41.18206 (WGS84)
Elevation 1067
Relative position 2.5 MI. NW CECILVILLE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Siskiyou(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cecilville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hoopa(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Weed(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Salmon(hydrologic unit)

Klamath(hydrologic accounting unit)

Klamath-Northern California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Klamath National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Siskiyou

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Humboldt 038N 012W 14 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Manganese Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Ore Highly Oxidized

Analytical data

Result SAMPLES ASSAYED BY ROUGH ESTIMATE FROM PANNING. ALSO BY CUTTING 250 LB. SAMPLE FROM 2.5 FT. THICKNESS OF VEIN MATTER
Result IT WAS CRUSHED & GROUND DOWN AND AMALGAMATED, THEN THE GOLD WEIGHED ON ASSAY BALANCE.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Gabbro
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.1739, 41.18206
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N
    Dip 60E
    Thickness 1.52M

Comments on the geologic information

  • SCHIST INTRUDED BY DIORITIC DIKES IN SUCH A WAY THAT, AS ONE CROSSES LODE, FORMATION CHANGES EVERY FEW FEET. THESE DIKES ARE BARREN OF GOLD. OTHER DIKES IN IMMEDIATE VICINITY INCLUDE BASIC IGNEOUS ROCK, POSSIBLY GABBRO,INTRUDED BY FINE-GRAINED WHITE RHYOLITIC DIKES. ANDESITIC DIKES ALSO PRESENT, ONE WITH FELDSPAR PHENOCRYSTS 1/4 IN LONG.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No

Mining district

District name Liberty

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • SURFACE PIT W/ CONSIDERABLE YIELD. AMOUNTED TO 2000 FT. OF TRENCHES, 9 FT. WIDE, AVG. 10 FT. DEEP PROSPECTING & SAMPLING WAS DONE ON WIDE SCALE BASIS IN 1931. EXTENSIVE BULL DOZING STRIPPED AWAY FIRST 20 FT. OF OVER BURDEN. EARLIER WORKINGS INCLUDE 130 FT. SHAFT; ADITS, LONGEST OVER 460 FT.; OVER 1000 FT. OF DRIFTS, CROSSCUTS, AND STOPES MILLSITE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROWN, G.C., 1914, THE COUNTIES OF SHASTA, SISKIYOU AND TRINITY, CALIF.: CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 14, PT. 4, P. 836 PL. 4

  • Deposit

    AVERILL, C.V., 1935, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF SISKIYOU COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 31, NO. 3, P. 292-294

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C.A., 1925, SACRAMENTO FIELD DIVISION: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 21, NO. 4, P. 448

  • Production

    AVERILL (1935)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SEAMS AND VUGS, ORE STAINED WITH RED, BROWN AND YELLOW IRON OXIDES, ALSO BLACK MANGANESE OXIDE. FOOTWALL QUARTZ PORPHYRY, HANGING WALL SCHIST. ORE SHOOT (S) 230 FT. LONG, 5 FT. THICK.
Deposit 800 ACRES. 5 OF CLAIMS ARE PATENTED. UNSURVEYED LAND. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1980 Nelson, Scott C. (Albers, John, P.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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